"I-- I would glad show thee how," he says, because he doesn't know what else to say. What a stupid thing to do, he thinks, to say put on these silks, here is my father's castle-- here is one of my father's castles--

"If thou wouldst not-- if thou likest it not--" How does one say 'if you want, you can go' and 'please, though, don't' at the same time?